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A good rule of thumb is if somebody you've just met introduces you to someone with an exciting new NFT project that they want your help testing, you're probably being scammed.

While NFTs probably have some useful purpose that will emerge eventually, for now you should consider any proposal or offer that involves the term 'NFT' as having about the same value as any offer involving the term 'Nigerian prince'.

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The "problem" in this case is that the victim himself is all-in on NFTs and crypto.

Well, yes and no. They are clearly all-in on crypto (and who wouldn't be, if I made 100 million on tulip bulbs I'd probably be all-in on tulips, too) but they do state in the featured thread that they "aren't really an NFT guy".

Certainly not a great look to have >$100 million in an asset sitting in a single account of any form, though.

No, victim himself has said in his post that he doesn’t really dabble in the NFT community

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